Valentine’s Laugh Fest with Stand-Up Comedian Mike Unson & Friends at Century City Mall & Hineleban Café

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The best way to celebrate the Valentine’s season is through laughter and giggles. Valentine’s Laugh Fest of stand-up comedian Mike Unson and his troop of artists in “Crisis: Mayhem One” will be held during the Fringe Festival on February 15, Thursday, 8pm at the 4th level, Century City Mall, Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City and “Caffeinated Mayhem” on February 16, Friday, 8pm at Hineleban Café, 830 A. Arnaiz Ave., Makati City.

Couples in love and even groups of friends relishing Singles Awareness Day will have a good time in “Crisis: Mayhem One”, a variety show of comedy, musical performances and spoken word. Unson headlines the event and other featured comics are Sergio Belarus, Korte Supremo, Eric Salazar, Sheena Pena and Herman Gacosta. Spoken word artists Mark Hhosn, Ristichen, Abe Herma & Kenneth Monserrate will take the stage for urban poetry on different dimensions of love. Jana Garcia will perform rock ballads and Guil Sanchez will host the event.

For a Friday laugh-out loud night combined with coffee fix, “Caffeinated Mayhem” showcases Unson together with the same band of stand-up comedians. He is will also stage another show in Hineleban Café on March 16, 2018, 8pm.

Unson is featured in the 1st episode of iFlix comedy series, “Hoy, Bibig Mo,” and is currently filming his own special. His classic observational comedy skit on taxis can be seen in the iFlix teaser: https://web.facebook.com/iflixPH/videos/1579190128860787/

He is a 2016 Aliw Award Nominee for Best Stand-Up Comedian. His previous shows: “Mayhem in the First and Second Degree,” were held at Century City Mall last year. This time around, he will bring a new line up of diverse artists from spoken word, stand-up comedy, musical performances.

In his 15-year career, he is known for building up comic rhythm with impeccably time punchlines and thought-provoking insights, leaving the audience in stitches and wanting for more.

Unson and his brand of point of view stand-up comedy puts emphasis on everyone’s head-scratching, cringe-worthy or even absurd life experiences.

His arsenal of wholesome jokes includes his views on urban life, childhood memories, relationships and interactions with everyday people as he dishes out his original material on annoying encounters with cab and jeepney drivers; street vendors; mall security guards; (un)talented bands; his childhood nanny; dealing with middle child syndrome; being in the friend zone, breakups and many more relatable true to life situations.

Currently, he is part of the creative team of GMA 7’s “Pepito Manoloto,” the number one TV sitcom in the Philippines. Earlier in his career, he was one of the hosts of an alternative comedy show “Front Act” on TV5. He was also part of the “Men’s Room” on Studio 23 and a recurring guest on Jojo Alejar’s “The Medyo Late Night Show.”

Unson has opened for Rob Schneider and performed with Rex Navarette. His list of performances in major venues included Newport Performing Arts Theatre, Resorts World Manila; Grand Ballroom, Solaire Resort; and Pacific Grand Ballroom, Waterfront Hotel, Cebu.

Tickets for “Crisis: Mayhem One” and “Caffeinated Mayhem” are at P300 per person and half of the price is consumable for the later event. 

For other updates and information, visit www.facebook.com/mikeunsoncomedy or connect on IG @mikeunson @comedymayhem or call Marco Aventajado of Cardinal Events & Comedy Mayhem at +639209281681 or email aventajado@aol.com.

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcAnfM8jdB0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luL8GGuvpZo

FB iFlix teaser:

https://web.facebook.com/iflixPH/videos/1579190128860787/

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Neocolours Signs with Universal Records

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One of the biggest names in the OPM scene, Neocolours, will finally release new songs this year. 

To jumpstart this awaited music launch, the band signed up today with its record label, Universal Records. Universal Records’ top executives led by VP Ramon Chuaying , General Manager, Kathleen Dy-Go and Operations Manager, Peter Chan welcomed the members of the band during the contract signing.

Neocolours' songs have been a mainstay of many Filipino listener's playlist. Their songs such as Maybe, Kasalanan Ko Ba, Hold On, Say You'll Never Go and Tuloy Pa Rin have transcended generational barriers and repeatedly re-recorded by some of the country's top recording artists. 

With the release of new songs starting this March, the band hopes to continue this artistic and musical tradition. 

Aside from the completion of a new album, Neocolours' other music activities includes a 30th year anniversary show at the Music Museum on April 28, as well as a national tour for the rest of the year.

Fake News Has Been Around for Ages, Media Leads in the Proliferation

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"But it's true! There are brands that hire even media practitioners to spread negative news about their competitor(s)."

Lasy year when I invited bloggers to attend a food tasting at a certain restaurant, I told them to write honest reviews so the owners could truly improve their food and services. Others would have said to only focus on the positive aspects. But I prefer to hear about their actual experience, including the negative ones, no matter how gruesome it could be.

Unknown to many, fake news has been around for ages. It is only today that it got highly noticeable because almost everyone is now online, and the news are spreading faster than wildfire thanks to the power of social media and the Internet.

Just as how praises about a brand could be exaggerated, all those rants or complaints against a brand could not be entirely true as well because other brands also do hire the services of even media to put out excessive unflattering stories about their competitors, aside from just promoting themselves. These could also be proliferating any kind of news not directly pointing to competitors but would make customers patronize the brands' products or services.

Just as how media seem to encourage everyone to try their luck with gambling in Lotto by always announcing the big jackpot prize of millions of pesos, media could go beyond exaggeration with their news in favor of certain brands.

Need we say sensationalism keeps interests flowing, and thus scare or dare tactics are employed to alarm or provoke followers. It could very well be a form of marketing - An intentional or orchestrated scenario that would make people reach out to their pockets, or smartphones, immediately without even blinking an eye or thinking twice.

We've also seen how media are biased with their sponsors or advertisers giving unfair competition for those brands who can't afford their ads or air time. We know about the necessity of investing on promotions, but only those with enough funding could excel triumphantly just as how extravagant campaigns affect election results.

There are just too many tempting attractions publicized as all breath-taking and adrenaline-pumping awesome yet we all know there could have been an ex-deal arrangement behind every declaration of appreciation.

The really passionate bloggers or influencers would risk losing clients by sharing their actual experience, while trad media have to answer to their editors, producers, or any of their bosses, if ever they speak negatively of their featured personalities or attractions.

Saying online personalities are more credible than traditional media could not entirely be true because the online community has already been infiltrated by others with ulterior motives other than sharing their adventures.

Likewise, those trad media that are tough enough to contradict or speak against erring or faulty brands or personalities, are asked to mellow down, behave, suspended, or get kicked out permanently.

I have nothing against those who demand or require a commensurate enough compensation to answer to their daily needs and expenses. Again, that is all up to the brand if they wish to collaborate or partner under those conditions. So we just want to remind the people at the other side of the fence to be more discerning with their choice because not everyone we see as charming and appealing are entirely honest to you. In short, it will still be up to us to proclaim the final verdict. We are the true  and most credible judges in this life where everything is a competition.

Online has already been diluted with questionable characters meant to ruin the reputation of those who just want to express themselves and shout-out to the Philippines, the universe rather, "Wazzup Pilipinas!!!"

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